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How many slate tiles were used to build a new bridge at Tintagel Castle in Cornwall? Fit these numbers into the grid. One number doesn’t fit. This is the prize answer.

3 digits 132 167 207 425 515 567 644 733 802 845 861 930

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4 digits 1745 2731 2781 4744 5435 5757 7256 7451 9867 5 digits 11084 27016 40000 46864 49570 55205 58450 64625 67815 70711 72349 77761 6 digits 468287 537171 547877 818878 934524 7 digits 4537339 7472757 9035181 9608747 8 digits 11737094

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£150 Puzzle 2 W I N SPIRAL XWORD THREE IN A ROW A s what was the Statue of Liberty used from 1886 until 1902? The answer to each clue (apart from the first) begins with the last letter of the preceding answer. The shaded squares will spell out the one-word prize answer. I n which area of France is a form of Celtic language spoken? To find out, solve the puzzle... Make three nine-letter words using all of these three-letter sections and enter them in the grid as the starter letters indicate. Then make an anagram of the letters in the yellow squares to form the answer to the question.

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Baking brainwave I don’t own a muffin tray, so I use individual jar lids. I just pop the paper cases, filled with the cupcake or muffin mixture, in the lids and put them on a baking tray to go in the oven. It makes washing up much simpler too! Mike Joseph, Lawford

Purr-fection Fed up with my cats’ very shabby scratching tree, I gave it a makeover with faux-fur fabric and sisal and jute rope around the posts. They love it, and so do I! Jan MacGregor, Glasgow

For every photo tip that we print £25 Easy access I put all my utensils in a large flowerpot I bought from the garden centre. Saves time and I can easily find what I need. Monica Cornish, Lowestoft

Stock up

Never run out of your favourite nonperishables again! Store one of each in an emergency supply box, and don’t forget to keep an eye on use-by dates and replenish when necessary. Alison Rowlands, Langtoft

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It seemed a shame to throw away my garden solar light bulbs, so I put some artificial flowers in them. They look so pretty, inside or out! Sheila Riley, Great Wakering

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Use a kitchen baster to water plants in awkwardto-reach places. You can squirt the water directly into the soil without spilling water everywhere. Kelly Martin, Leeds

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Your answer: Look closely at these two pics – there’s a difference in almost every square. Only one has no changes, the grid reference (eg, 1A) is your prize answer.

My happy boy completed our family. Then, bad news... Kirstie Raper, 29, Hessle

Poorly, in hospital B eaming with pride, my daughter Avayah, then 3, clutched her newborn brother in her arms. ‘He’s my baby,’ she grinned.

It was August 2018 and, despite being born three weeks early, our son Lewin was a perfect, healthy little boy.

Our family felt complete.

Just like me and my fiance Khyle, then 28, Avayah was obsessed with Lewin, smiling as she showed him her dolls. ‘He’s going to like football, though,’ grinned Khyle.

Such a happy baby, at 2 months old Lewin gave me a big grin as I put him down in his cot.

‘Are you smiling for Mummy?’ I cooed, my heart bursting with love. Yet Lewin was a clingy baby, always wanting to be held. And one day in November 2018, he was crying every time I put him down. As I changed his nappy, I saw a red He seemed to perk up, flashing his trademark grin blotchy rash on his tummy. I took him to the doctor. ‘It’s just dry skin,’ he reassured me, giving me some cream.

But the rash didn’t go. By the next day, Lewin felt hot and clammy.

When Khyle arrived home that night, me and my mum Gail took Lewin straight to A&E. ‘We just need to get him checked over,’ I smiled to Avayah, seeing her little forehead creased into a frown. After tests, a nurse told us it was just a virus, that we could take Lewin home. But two days later, noticing how pale he was, I took Lewin back to A&E.

This time, doctors agreed to keep him in for more tests. He hardly slept. His